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Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Creation of PAN-India market for Farm Produce
The Government has launched National Agriculture Market  Scheme on 14th April, 2016 with the objective of creating online transparent competitive bidding system to facilitate farmers with remunerative prices for their produce. So far, 585 wholesale regulated markets of 16 States and 02 Union Territories  have been integrated with e-NAM platform. Till 25.06.2019, a total of 1,64,47,924 farmers have been registered under this scheme. Already trade transactions having total volume of 2,57,92,311.76 MT with total value of Rs.70784.23 crore, have been recorded on e-NAM platform till 25.06.2019.
Though there were some initial opposition from traders in few local mandis, respective local APMC authorities have promoted e-NAM through various approaches such as creation of awareness, training and motivation to stakeholders an regulatory changes to address the issues of traders for smooth implementation of e-NAM.
As per second India Metrological Department  Long Range Forecast, released on 31.05.2019, rainfall over the counry as a whole for the year 2019 South-West Monsoon Season  is likely to be NORMAL .
Government is promoting inter-state trade and inter mandi trade through e-NAM platform. States have been advised to strengthen quality assaying facilities in e-NAM mandis for proper quality testing of commodities, e-trading, online payment facility. Mobile application has been enhanced for ease of transaction and e-trading. Close monitoring of the progress through meeting at various levels and visits of the officers to e-NAM mandis is carried out. The Central Government is providing free software and assistance for related hardware including quality assaying equipments and creation of infrastructure like cleaning, grading, sorting, packaging and compost unit etc. Under the scheme, various training & awareness programmes are conducted for farmers, traders and other stakeholders for successful implementation of e-NAM.
This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in Lok Sabha today.
Prime Minister's Office
PM to dedicate naval submarine INS Kalvari to the nation tomorrow
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, will dedicate to the nation, the naval submarine INS Kalvari, at Mumbai on Thursday.
The INS Kalvari is a diesel-electric attack submarine that has been built for the Indian Navy by the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited. It is the first of six such submarines that will be inducted into the Indian Navy, and represents a significant success for the "Make in India" initiative. The project has been undertaken with French collaboration.
The Prime Minister will dedicate the submarine at the Naval Dockyard, in the presence of the Defence Minister, important dignitaries of the Maharashtra Government, and senior Naval Officers. He will address the gathering, and undertake a visit of the submarine.
Ministry of Law and Justice
Use of Regional Languages in High Courts
Article 348 of the Constitution of India states that all proceedings in the Supreme Court and in every High Court, shall be in English language. Clause  of the Article 348 of the Constitution states that notwithstanding anything in sub-clause  of clause , the Governor of a State may, with the previous consent of the President, authorize the use of Hindi Language, or any other language used for any official purposes of the State, in proceedings in the High Court having its principal seat in that State.
The Cabinet Committee’s decision dated 21.05.1965 has stipulated that consent of the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India be obtained on any proposal relating to use of a language other than English in the High Court.
The use of Hindi in the proceedings of High Court of Rajasthan was authorized under clause  of Article 348 of the constitution in 1950. After the Cabinet Committee’s decision dated 21.05.1965 as mentioned above, the use of Hindi was authorized in the High Courts of Uttar Pradesh , Madhya Pradesh  and Bihar  in consultation with the Chief Justice of India.
Government of India had received proposals from the Government of Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal and Karnataka to permit use of Tamil, Gujarati, Hindi, Bengali and Kannada in the proceedings of the Madras High Court, Gujarat High Court, Chhattisgarh High Court, Calcutta High Court and Karnataka High Court respectively. The advice of Chief Justice of India was sought on these proposals and it was intimated that the Full Court of the Supreme Court after due deliberations, decided not to accept the proposals.
Based on another request from the Government of Tamil Nadu, the Government requested the Chief Justice of India to review the earlier decisions in this regard and convey the consent of the Supreme Court of India. The Chief Justice of India conveyed that the Full Court, after extensive deliberations decided not to approve the proposal and reiterated the earlier decisions of the Hon’ble Court.
Under the aegis of the Ministry of Law & Justice, the Bar Council of India has constituted ‘Bharatiya Bhasha Samiti’ chaired by former Chief Justice of India, Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.A. Bobde. The committee is developing a Common Core Vocabulary close to all Indian languages for the purpose of translating legal material into regional languages.
This information was given by the Union Minister of Law & Justice, Shri Kiren Rijiju, in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Education
Shri Prakash Javadekar launches the Grand Finale of third edition  of Smart India Hackathon 2019.
More than 2 lakh students are participating in this world’s biggest event of its kind - Shri Prakash Javadekar
Kharagpur, March, 02, 2019
The Minister for Human Resource Development, Shri Prakash Javadekar launched in JECRC University, Jaipur today the world’s largest event of its kind- third edition of the two day grand finale of Smart India Hackathon 2019  being held at 48 nodal centers across the country simultaneously. 32 teams from across the country are participating in IIT Kharagpur, a Nodal Centre of SIH-2019, under the themes of "Agriculture and Rural Development, Smart Travel and Education".
Addressing the all participating students across the country through video conferencing, Shri Javadekar said that more than 2 lakh students from various colleges are participating in this third edition of the Smart India Hackathon 2019, which is a record. He said that over 11 thousand participants at 48 different centres will work on their final innovations for the next 36 hours. These students will codify their innovations in a group of six, on which they are working hard since last 4 months.
Human Resource Development Minister, Shri Prakash Javadekar announced that Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi will address the students participating in the Smart India Hackathon 2019 this evening.
Shri Javadekar said that lakhs of Indian engineers are working across the world. But we are working as contributors and not as owners. He urged the students to become owner of innovation to lead the world. He also urged to practice innovation from early school life. He said that this is an open innovation challenge and students will also derive satisfaction for solving the real problems of the people and country by their innovations.
Shri Prakash Javadekar further said that SIH-2019 comprises of two competitions – Software Hackathon and Hardware Hackathon. The final round of Hardware Hackathon competition will be conducted in the month of June 2019.
Shri R. Subrahmanyam, Secretary , of Ministry of Human Resource Development also addressed the participating students. He said that all the students connected with this event, physically or digitally, are the future of this county. He said that the event has generated so much enthusiasm in the students that participation has increased more than double.
Professor Partha Pratin Chakrabarti, Director, IIT Kharagpur and Co-Chairman, Organising Committee SIH-2019 and Professor Shailendra Kr Varsheny along with other dignitaries were present at IIT Kharagpur.
Ministry of Defence
HEADQUARTERS ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR COMMAND ON 17TH AND 18TH NOV 2020 PORT BLAIR 19 NOV 20
COMBAT FREE FALL EXERCISE IN ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS
Sustained efforts by Andaman and Nicobar Command  towards high operational readiness witnessed conduct of Combat Free Fall  exercise by Indian Navy Marine Commandos  at all the airfields of Andaman and Nicobar Islands on 17th and 18th November 2020. The exercise enhanced the operational skills of troops to jump at a distance far away from their target from heights of over 10,000 feet and open their parachutes at a low altitude after free-falling for a period of time and quietly glide to their objective.
The CFF exercise was undertaken in a realistic tactical setting under the present security state of the country. The CFF jumps revalidated the Indian Navy’s Standing Operating Procedures  on CFF parachute insertion on the islands. The exercise involved specially trained MARCOS of ENC and ANC.
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Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
10-Lane, 117 km long stretch of the Bengaluru - Nidaghatta - Mysuru section of NH-275 in Karnataka to be completed by October 2022
The Bengaluru - Nidaghatta - Mysuru section of NH-275 is a 10-Lane, 117 km long stretch in the State of Karnataka. It is being developed at a cost of ₹ 8,350 Crore. The construction work is nearing completion and will be completed by October 2022. This information was given by Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari in a series of tweets.
The Minister said this road will substantially reduce the travel time from Bengaluru to Mysuru from 3 hours to 75 minutes only. It will enhance connectivity between the two important cities and provide an impetus to tourism and economy in the region.
Shri Gadkari said under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi , various such infrastructure projects have been announced with great responsibility and it is our unwavering commitment to complete them in a corruption free, transparent and timebound manner.
This state of art project has multiple structures like 8 km long elevated corridor, 9 major bridges, 42 minor bridges, 64 underpasses, 11 overpasses, 4 ROBs and 5 bypasses which will ease out traffic congestion and significantly reduce pollution.
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Ministry of Rural Development
INDIA TO BECOME VISHWA GURU AND WORLD'S NUMBER ONE COUNTRY BY THE YEAR 2047: SHRI BHAGAWANTH KHUBA
10TH CONVOCATION CEREMONY OF NIPER HYDERABAD HELD TODAY
The 10th convocation of National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research  Hyderabad was held today in the auditorium of the campus. Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Chemicals & Fertilizers, New and Renewable Energy Shri Bhagawanth Khuba participated as Chief Guest .
Addressing the students the Union Minister Shri Bhagawanth Khuba elaborated the role and achievements of Indian Pharmaceutical sector in past few years especially during covid -19 pandemic. He also emphasized the importance of translating research into real life applications and industrialization of the products.
Our prime minister has fixed a target of achieving the status of $42 trillion economy by the year 2047 in the ongoing Amrit kaal. We are confident that India will become world's number one country by the year 2047, the union minister added.
Congratulating the students on this occasion Union Minister also said that India was once called the golden bird and it is now ready to lead the world as a Viswa Guru like in the past in the field of education, spiritualism and culture etc.
Director of NIPER-Hyderabad, Dr. Shashi Bala Singh welcomed the august gathering. She highlighted that within short span of 16 years, the institute has cemented itself as a centre of excellence for advanced studies and learning in pharmaceutical sciences. The efforts of the institute are reflected by NIRF 2nd rank and the comprehensive development in all aspects such as research, industry projects and the excellence of students.
Addressing the students Shri. Dr. Satyanarayana Chava, Chief Executive Officer of Laurus Labs Limite motivated the students to actively take part in the country’s growth by keeping the core values instilled by the prestigious institute. He also asked the graduates to uplift the reputation of the institute and wished best for future endeavors.
Total of 187 students, among them 25 Ph.D., 162 M.S.  and M.B.A  students were awarded their degrees during the convocation. Gold medals were given to Mr. Yadav Vishal Fayanath , Ms. Ankita Sahebrao Khairnar , Ms. Tentu Priya Mounika , Ms. K Kavya Praharsha , Ms. Rimsha Nooreen , Mr. Girase Pradeep Nanabhau , Ms. Donna Mol Sunny , and Ms. Gundelli Panisha . Director Medal for Best All Rounder Student was given to Ms. Safiya Sulthana for the batch of 2020-22.
Chairman Board of Governors NIPER-Hyderabad, several members from industry, directors of all NIPERs, students of NIPER-Hyderabad, family members of graduates, and alumni members also attended the event.
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
Regional Training Camp of National Statistics Office for the 79th Socio-Economic Survey on Comprehensive Annual Modular Survey  and AYUSH starts at Navi Mumbai
The socio-economic survey will be conducted between July 2022 and June 2023
A survey on 'AYUSH' being conducted for the first time
: Mumbai, June 15, 2022
A Regional Training Camp organized by the National Statistics Office  for an upcoming Socio-Economic Survey on Comprehensive Annual Modular Survey  and AYUSH was inaugurated by the Dean of R. A. Podar Ayurved Medical College Vaidya GS Khati in Navi Mumbai today. Smt. Supriya Roy, Deputy Director General, NSO Regional Office and Shri Vijay Ahir, Director, Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Government of Maharashtra were also present on the occasion.
The National Statistics Office  under the Union Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation will launch the 79th round of Socio-Economic Survey on Comprehensive Annual Modular Survey  and AYUSH. The survey will be conducted across the country from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. The purpose of this survey is to address the urgency of compiling information that is not available from any other source, such as administrative information on high frequency socio-economic indicators. The survey will also compile information on global sustainable development objectives.
This is the first time that a survey on 'AYUSH' - Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturapathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy has been included. Information on the practice and usage of these different AYUSH disciplines will be mainly collected through this survey. While conducting this survey, special care should be taken about the treatment methods of 'AYUSH' and accurate information should be recorded about the person who changes the treatment method and type of medicine frequently, advised Vaidya GS Khati to the trainee surveyors.
The survey will be conducted uniformly across the country, except for the villages on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and will include a select 32 families from each village, informed Smt. Supriya Roy, Deputy Director General, NSO Regional Office, at the inaugural function. He also appealed to all citizens to cooperate without any hesitation by providing truthful information for the survey.
Shri Vijay Ahir, Director, Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Government of Maharashtra, assured that the state government would extend full cooperation for this survey. The survey will cover a total of 45,695 households in Maharashtra as well as 1428 different groups, he informed.
About 100 delegates and officers involved in the survey are participating in the three-day training camp organized at the regional office of NSO at CBD Belapur in Navi Mumbai. It also includes representatives of Maharashtra's Directorate General of Finance and Statistics. The participation of representatives of the Government of Maharashtra in this training camp has been ensured for harmonization between the central and state level systems in the survey work.
Ministry of Labour & Employment
20.23 lakh new workers enrolled under ESI Scheme in the month of May, 2023
9.40 Lakh young employees upto the age group of 25 years constitute new registrations
Around 24,886 new establishments registered under ESI Scheme in the month of May, 2023.
Benefits of ESI Scheme extended to 71 transgender employees in May, 2023
The provisional payroll data of Employees’ State Insurance Corporation  reveals that 20.23 lakh new employees have been added in the month of May, 2023.
Around 24,886 new establishments have been registered and brought under the social security umbrella of the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation in the month of May, 2023, thus ensuring more coverage.
Data evidently reveals that more jobs have been generated for the youth of the nation as out of the total 20.23 lakh employees added during the month of May, 2023, 9.40 lakh employees up to the age group of 25 years constitute the majority of new registrations which is 47% of the total employees.
Gender-wise analysis of payroll data indicates that net enrolment of female members has been 3.96 lakh in May, 2023. The data shows that a total 71 transgender employees have also got registered under ESI Scheme in the month of May 2023. It shows that ESIC is committed to deliver its benefits to every section of the society.
The payroll data is provisional since the data generation is a continuous exercise.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Detailed Project Reports  for Protection of Rivers
The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has released the Detailed Project Reports  prepared by Indian Council of Forestry, Research and Education , Dehradun for Rejuvenation of 13 Major Rivers namely Sutlej, Beas, Ravi, Chenab, Jhelum, Luni, Yamuna, Mahanadi, Brahmaputra, Narmada, Godavari, Krishna and Cauvery through Forestry interventions, in March, 2022. The programme interventions include tree plantation, soil and moisture conservation works in the catchment area and river front development to increase green cover and carbon sink, reduce silt load & flooding and enhance ground water recharge etc., besides generating employment. The total financial requirement to the interventions proposed in these thirteen DPRs for five years is Rs. 19,342.62 crore under 4 major components viz  Implementation of Forestry Interventions,  Strengthening Knowledge Management and National Capacity Development,  Maintenance Phase including Scaling Up and Replication of Successful Models, and  National Coordination for Forestry Interventions and River Conservation. The DPRs have been shared with concerned State Governments for implementation with multi-departmental participation. The State Forest Departments together with concerned Departments namely Agricultural & Horticulture Department, Urban Municipal Bodies, Department of Rural Development etc. are envisaged to implement the DPRs with the funding sources under various Central and State Government schemes.
The river-wise details of the treatment area as per DPRs are given in annexure.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Vice President's Secretariat
Vice President stresses need to protect Indian culture and heritage
Shri Naidu commends efforts of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam to improve ease of darshan to devotees
Vice President visits Tirumala temple, offers prayers to Lord Venkateswara
The Vice President, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu, along with his family members visited the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam and offered prayers to Lord Venkateswara in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh today.
Interacting with the media after offering prayers, Shri Naidu expressed happiness about his visit to the temple and said that he prayed for the peace and prosperity of the people of the nation. Suggesting that spirituality is nothing but the spirit of service, he said the darshan of Lord Venkateswara inspires him to do even more service to the people.
Shri Naidu added Indian culture and heritage espouses the universal values of unity, peace and social harmony and that everyone must strive to protect and preserve them. On the occasion, the Vice President commended the temple authorities in improving the ease of darshan for the devotees.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Union Home Minister chairs a High Level meeting to review the LWE situation in Chhattisgarh
Shri Rajnath Singh assures all possible support to Chhattisgarh Government
The Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh chaired a High Level Meeting to review the Left Wing Extremism  situation in Chhattisgarh here today. The meeting was attended by the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Dr Raman Singh, the Minister of State for Home Affairs Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir, Union Home Secretary Shri Rajiv Gauba, Chief Secretary of Chhattisgarh, DG CRPF and senior officers of the Union Home Ministry and the Chhattisgarh administration.
During the meeting, it was brought out that the declining trend of LWE violence continues across the country which has seen an overall reduction of 21% in violence incidents over corresponding period of last year. The Left Wing Extremists continue to remain under pressure with ever shrinking influence, both in terms of geographical spread and public support. Security and development related measures required to achieve the same were discussed. The Home Minister assured the Chief Minister of all possible support to the State to achieve this objective.
Currently the Centre is providing security related assistance to the State which includes provision of CAPF Bns, helicopters, UAVs and CIAT Schools. In addition, 11 India Reserve Bns and 02 Special India Reserve Bns have been sanctioned to the State. Funds have also been provided for fortification of 75 Police Stations and for capacity building of Special Forces under the Special Infrastructure Scheme.
As part of the multi-pronged strategy to deal with LWE, the Central Government gives equal focus to development measures to bring LWE affected districts at par with other areas. Towards this end, the Central Government has approved a Special Central Assistance Scheme for 35 worst affected LWE districts with an annual outlay of Rs 1000 cr. Important development schemes include the Road Requirement Plan Phase–I under which Chhattisgarh was sanctioned 1988 km of road out of which 1351 km have been completed. Under the newly launched RRP-II, Chhattisgarh has been sanctioned a further 891 km of road. To improve mobile connectivity, 519 mobile towers have been installed in Phase-I. Another 1028 towers are being planned in Phase-II of the project.
As part of efforts to enhance skill development, Chhattisgarh has been sanctioned 09 ITIs and 14 Skill Development Centres. The initiatives taken to improve education infrastructure include approval of 02 Kendriya Vidyalayas at Bijapur and Sukma and 03 JNVs at Bijapur, Narayanpur and Kondagaon. Jagdalpur Medical College has been approved for up-gradation as Centre of Excellence at a cost of 200 Cr under PMSSY.
The Jagdalpur Airport has been included under the Regional Connectivity Scheme and work for making it operational is nearing completion. Financial inclusion initiatives include sanction of 707 post offices and opening of 108 ATMs and 81 bank branches in LWE affected districts in last two years.